History, if thoroughly comprehended, furnishes something of the experience which a man would acquire who should be a contemporary of all ages and a fellow citizen of all peoples.

Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common.

That which deceives us and does us harm, also undeceives us and does us good.

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.

Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.

It is impossible to be just if one is not generous.

The city does not take away, neither does the country give, solitude; solitude is within us.